DWIGHT DELANO GRADY SR.

He was born in Duplin County, a son of the late James Earl "Jim" Grady Sr. and Mildred Summerlin Grady.

He graduated from N.C. State with a mechanical engineering degree and was a member of the ROTC program. He had worked for Powell Manufacturing and retired after 35 years from Sonoco Products as a maintenance engineer. His home church was Palmetto Street Church of God.

He was preceded in death by his parents and by a brother, James Earl "Jim" Grady Jr.